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Old 15-07-2005, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ving
er... btw, excuse my ignorace but whats a sight tube for?
Its for aligning the secondary mirror to the focuser . Many cheshires (not the Andrews one) are a combination cheshire and sight tube. You insert the tube far enough to sight the edge of the secondary to the edge of the tube.
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